Page 70 - The Miracle in the Spider

THREADS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE...

The picture on the left
shows the capturing
thread of an ecribellate
spider, such as A.
diadematus, magnified
100 times. The aqueous
coat which gives the
thread its sticky quality is
seen here as minute
droplets. In the second
picture, magnified 300
times, are seen rolled
threads like cable balls.
Surface tension within
each drop causes core
fibers to bunch up,
creating a windlass
system, shown in its
contracted state. Under
pressure the system
relaxes and the thread can
stretch to a great extent.

As will be seen from the 200 times
magnified picture on the right, this
dry thread (cribellate spider thread)
is formed by the coming together
of hundreds of micro dry threads.
These silks are already sticky
without being coated in any liquid.
The stickiness comes about thanks
to the combing operation the
spider employs when spinning its
silk. This operation, done through a
fine comb located on the shin of
the hind leg, enlarges the threads.
This swelling up can be seen only
under 1000 time magnification and
the elecrostatic effect created gives
the thread its trapping quality. It is
not possible for these flawless
properties to have come about as
the result of coincidences, as the
evolutionists claim. God created
the spider, together with this
wonderful system.